CDRouter IPv6

2001:710a:cafe::1:2:3:4... 128 bits never looked so good.

CDRouter IPv6 adds IPv6 test capabilities to our industry leading CPE and router test platform, CDRouter. CDRouter IPv6 has been designed from the ground up to support the most common IPv6 features found in today’s leading IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack CPE implementations.

Like all products in the CDRouter family, CDRouter IPv6 creates all of the necessary WAN-side and LAN-side network elements required to completely simulate an end-to-end IPv6 network within a single test system. CDRouter IPv6 allows the user to easily and efficiently create a variety of IPv6 network scenarios and utilize the array of included functional verification tests to thoroughly explore the IPv6 behavior of the device under test (DUT).

With CDRouter IPv6 no additional equipment is needed! All testing is performed using a single easily configured test platform and installation of CDRouter IPv6.

Read our whitepaper on testing residential IPv6 with CDRouter!

Test Setup for CDRouter IPv6

CDRouter IPv6 supports dual-stack CPE devices that implement static IPv6 or RFC 3056 tunneling on the WAN. RFC 3056 is commonly referred to as “6to4” and is a technique for providing automatic IPv6 connectivity over IPv4 networks. When CDRouter IPv6 is enabled, CDRouter will create and maintain the necessary IPv6 next-hop hosts or 6to4 relay server on the WAN. CDRouter will also create one or more IPv6 clients on the LAN that support either RFC 3315 DHCPv6 or IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration as defined in RFC 4862.

Test Coverage

CDRouter IPv6 includes a number of built-in test modules that provide test coverage for a wide range of key IPv6 functional areas. The included IPv6 test modules can be run either individually or as part of a larger test run which includes other CDRouter, CDRouter Multiport, CDRouter IKE, or CDRouter TR-069 test modules.

The test modules shipped with CDRouter IPv6 include:

• Basic IPv6 extension header processing tests
• IPv6 fragmentation tests
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol and Router Advertisement tests for IPv6 devices
• 6to4 tunnel tests for connecting IPv6 hosts over IPv4 networks
• ICMPv6 tests for baseline ICMPv6 not including Neighbor Discovery
• IPv6 firewall tests including port scans
• Application tests for IPv6
• IPv6 forwarding tests with different packet sizes and directions
• Scaling tests for the maximum number of IPv6 clients and connections (TCP, HTTP, etc)

CDRouter IPv6 can be used to quickly and efficiently identify common problems and implementation issues. In addition, CDRouter IPv6 provides a great foundation for a consistent and fully automated IPv6 regression test environment.